Menu-card holder



March 31, 1925: I 1,531,330

' M. w. BATTLE MENU CARD HOLDER Filed Jan. 14, 1924 June-14 60;

J. l 17 W /Baffle.

Patented Ma; 31, i925."

inner WJHFBATTLE, or DENVER, COLORADO.

1 EN -'oARnHoLDE R.

' Application fil ed .ia u r daieu; 3 Serial No. 686,006;

To alike/10m it may concern.

' Be it knownthat I, MAR 1 V. BATTLE, a

citizen of the "United States, residing at,

Denver, in the,cityvandqcounty of Denver, and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Menu- Card fHolders and I do declare 1 the following to be alfull, clear, and exact description I of the invention, sueh as" will enable others skilled iirtheart to which it appertains tomake anduse the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings,and'to the,

characters vol reference mark ed thereon, which Iforina: part of this speclfication.

This invention relates to menu cardhold- 'ers otthe generaltype cdisclosed in United States Letters Patent No.1,464,021 granted toineon'August 7,1923; I

:It istheobject of this invention to pro duce a inenu' card holderthat shall be provided with means'for securinga menu card in place thereon in sucha manner that it will be securely held" in. placethereon, but

can be easily put in place and removed. It is a further object toprodiice fastening vmeans that-shall be substantialand have a neat appearance. I i w My invention can be; most clearly ex- 7 plained and mo'streadily understood when reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which i the preferred. embodiment of my-iiivention isshown, and in which:

7 Proved menu cardholder with a Fig lfis a perspective ,view of my im port on of the menu card broken away;

Fig.2is a perspective view ota portion of the hiuge, the-lower end of theyiew being i a section takenonline2 2, Fig. :1 V a Fig. is a perspective View or a portion of the holding member; i

7 1 and 5 Fig 54s a vi'ew'looking'inthe direction" of the arrows 5 in Fig. 4;

Fig.;6 is a sectional view similar: to that: of Fig. 4 and'shows-the holding member in inverted position; and c an i Fig. 7 isa perspective view of ahinge portion and amodified form of holding means,

The same reference numerals will be used to designate the same partsthroughoiit the several Views. v

My improved menu card holder .consists' ot two'cover membersl and '2 connected by a hinge 3; The hinge involves nothing new and is. formed inthe usual mannerffrom ,Figs'. 3, 4t and 6p The holding openings forthe reception of the hooks 9, which pass through these openings a sufli- "the length of the hook is in place, it will press the menu card 1 against the hinges and against movement.

the holding member metal parts 4 and 5 that are bent double and provided with interengaging hinge portions .6 and? that are interconnected by a hinge pin 8; Secured to the hinge pin 8 at points spaced at short distance from the ends thereof are spring hooks 9. 'These hooks are formed from some resilient material such as 1 spring steel and have the central cylindrical portion 10 bent into a circular loop through which the hinge pin passes. The sides of thehooks are normally spread apart in the ,manner shownin Figlafl, 4 and'6, and have an outwardly extending circular segmental portion near their outer ends. The central cylindrical portion is of such size that it fits snugly about the hinge pin so that there will be considerable friction'between the'pin and theihoolg which will prevent the hooks from rotating on the pin. The hooks 9 have notches 12 on their provided with openings Afterthe card has been put in place with the hooks'Q projecting therethrough, I apply the holding member 14; to the hooks.

The holding member isformed from a strip of metalbent 7 centrally into a U-shaped cross section in the manner clearly shown in member has cient distance to permitthe portions 11 to engage theedges of the member in the manner shownin Figs. 2 and l. The width of so proportioned to the holding member is that when the former hold the same firmly The notch 15 permits tobe forced into c011 tact with the hinges.

Figs; 2 and t; that is, with the of the-holding member is properly proportioned",- itcan beused equally well in either the position shown in Fig. 4 orthat shown in Fig; 6.- .I want to call particular attention to the advantage of having the holding member U-shaped and having the hooks 9 passing between the sides thereof,

which is, that when the holding member is in place outer-side for the receptionof a rubber band for holding the menu card in place, it this should be desired. The nienu card 13 is properly spaced to receive the hooks 9.

The holdingmeniber' I is usually applied in the manner shown in open side upward, but when desired, the holding mem- 'ber maybe put into place with the open side downward asinFig'. 6. If the width thereof of reduced" diameter.

the hooks are compressed so that they engage the hinge pm w1th greater force and therefore do not readily move relative to the V In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification in which the hooks 16, which correspond to hooks 9, are adapted to receive between their sides a holding bar 17 in the form of a circular rod. This bar has portions 18 These reduced portions are pressed down between the two sides of the hook and into the recesses 19 of the hooks 16, which are of similar formation to hooks 9. The diameter of the bar is such that when it is in place in the recesses 19, the sides will come into close contact with the hinges and hold the menu card firmly in place. Secured to the end of the hinge pin 8 is ahead 20 which has a notch 21 in which the end of the bar 17 is pivotally mounted. The U-shaped holding bar may be pivoted at one end in the same manner as bar 17 if it is found desirable to *do so. In the construction shown in Fig. 7 the same'broad idea is present as in the construction shown in the other figures. In both cases there are hooks 9 or 16 secured to the hinge pin, and a holding member operat-ively connected to the hooks and adapted to be normally maintained in a position parallel with the hinge pin. In the construction shown in Fig. 7, thehooks are spread apart slightly whenever the rod is put in place or removed, which has a tendency to loosen them on the hinge pin. 7

If desired, the holding member 14: may be made from a solid bar with openings for the reception of the hooks 9 or the sides may be pressed together at both sidesof the openings.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a menu card holder in combination,

a hinge, comprising a hinge pin, a plurality of hooks attached to the lnnge pm, a holding member, interengaging means on the holding member and hooks for holding the member in a position parallel to the hinge pin and for permitting the holding member to be readily put into place and removed.

2. In a'menu'card holder in combination, a hinge, comprising a hinge pin, a plurality of resilient hooks each formed of a single piece of metal bent double, said hooks having a central cylindrical opening adapted to receive the hinge pin, the ends of each hook being movable towards and away from each other, a holding member having means for receiving said hooks, and means on said hooks for engaging said holding member so as to normally hold the same in assembled relation.

3. In a menu card holder in combination, a hinge comprising interengaging portions and a hinge pin for interconnecting the same, a pair of hooks of resilient material, said hooks being each formed from a strip of material bent double and provided with a central cylindrical opening engaging the hinge pin, the ends of each of said hooks being spaced apart, a holding member provided with openings for the reception of said hooks, and shoulders onsaid hooks for engaging the holding member.

I. In a menu card holder in combination, a hinge comprising inter-engaging portions and a hinge pin for interconnecting the same, a pair of hooks of resilient material, said hooks being each formed from a strip of material bent double and provided with a central cylindrical opening engaging the hinge 'pin, the ends of each of said hooks being spaced apart, a holding member of substantially U-shaped cross-section provided with openings 'for the reception of said hooks, and shoulders on saidhooks for engaging the holding member.

5. In a menu card holder in combination, a hinge comprising a hinge pin, a pair of resilient substantially U-shaped hooks having their ends spaced from each other, means for'securing said hooks to the hinge pin, a holding member and cooperating means on the hooks. and on the holding member for holding the latter in position.

6 In a menu card holder in combination, a hinge, comprising a hinge pin, a plurality of resilient hooks each formed of a single piece of metal bent double, said hooks havinga central cylindrical opening adapted to receive the hinge pin, the ends of each hook being movable towards and away from each other, a holding member, and'means on the holding member for cooperating with means on the hooks for holdingthe holding member in operative position. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARY \V. BATTLE. 

